Pedometer measurement of physical activity and chronic disease risk factors of obese lower socioeconomic status African American women

To evaluate physical activity with pedometers and health markers of chronic disease in obese, lower socioeconomic African American women. Thirty-five women (48 +/- 8 years) wore pedometers for 2 weeks. One-way analyses of variances were used to compare age, weight, body mass indices (BMI), and healt...

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Published inJournal of physical activity & health Vol. 4; no. 4; p. 447
Main Authors Panton, Lynn B, Kushnick, Michael R, Kingsley, J Derek, Moffatt, Robert J, Haymes, Emily M, Toole, Tonya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2007
Subjects
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cardiovascular Diseases
Chronic Disease
Ergometry
Exercise Test - instrumentation
Female
Health Status Disparities
Health Surveys
Humans
Middle Aged
Motor Activity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - physiopathology
Poverty
Risk Factors
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
Walking - physiology
United States
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Summary:To evaluate physical activity with pedometers and health markers of chronic disease in obese, lower socioeconomic African American women. Thirty-five women (48 +/- 8 years) wore pedometers for 2 weeks. One-way analyses of variances were used to compare age, weight, body mass indices (BMI), and health markers of chronic disease (including blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, glycosylated hemoglobin, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein) between women who were classified by steps per day as sedentary (SED < 5000; 2941 +/- 1161 steps/d) or active (ACT > or = 5000; 7181 +/- 2398 steps/d). ACT had significantly lower BMI (ACT: 37.2 +/- 5.6; SED: 44.4 +/- 7.2 kg/m2) and hip circumferences (ACT: 37.2 +/- 5.6; SED: 44.4 +/- 37.2 cm) and higher total cholesterol (ACT: 230 +/- 53; SED: 191 +/- 32 mg/dL) than SED. There were no differences in health markers of chronic disease between SED and ACT. Pearson product moment correlations showed significant negative correlations between steps/d and weight (r = -.42), BMI (r = -.46), and hip circumference (r = -.47). Increased levels of physical activity were associated with reduced BMI and hip circumferences but were not associated with lower health markers for chronic disease in obese, lower socioeconomic African American women.
ISSN:1543-3080